Jar holder



Patented Decill, 1934 v I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JAR HOLDER,

William Arthur Potter, Dayton, Ohio Application March 14, 1934, Serial No. 715,550 3 Claims. (Cl. 81-33) This invention relates to a jar holder, the over portions of the straight parts of the jaw general object of the invention being to provide members, as clearly shown in Figure 2. The means for holding a jar while the cap is being outer portions of the two jaw members are put in place or removed. straight and parallel so that they can be gripped 5 Another object of the invention is to so form by a hand of the user to move the two jaw mem- 5 the device that it can be used on different sizes bers together in gripping relation upon a jar. and types of jars, such as small and large sizes An outwardly extending ear 12 is formed on one of jars, as well as jars of cylindrical form and of of the handle portions and a rack bar 13 has a square form, with means for preventing the dedependingear 14 adjacent one end and these vice from breaking a jar if too much pressure is two ears are pivoted together, as shown at 15. ,10 applied to the gripping means, and with means The lower edge of the bar 13 is formed with the for preventing the device from slipping on a teeth 16 for engaging t pp handle p table or other support tion, as shown more particularly in Figure 3, and

This invention also consists in certain other the ehd 0f the b r adjacent the Pivotal point is features of construction and in the combination formed With a finger engaging pa 15 and arrangement of the several parts, to be u i W be e that by Swinging the Tack hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the acbar to inop Position, the l w members companying drawing and specifically pointed out can b swung y o c Other and a j in the appended claims, placed on the base of the device and then by 20 In describing the invention in detail, reference swingin the j members owa ac t e 20 will be had to the accompanying drawing whereh p pa wil p h ja and t in like characters denote like or corresponding by swinging t rack bar ow a y O parts throughout the several views, and in gegemeht W the pp handle p the l which: members will be held in gripping relation and Figure 1 is an elevation of the invention. then the n can be sc w to h jar o 5 Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof. e oved therefrom. Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 1. Y providing each law mbe With a U- In this drawing, the numeral 1 indicates a base p d t if ss v p s u is pp d to plate which has one end bent upwardly at right the handle parts of the jaw members, the j w angles to form the vertical support 2 and the members will mOVe outwardly at the p 30 upper end of thi t 2 is t, t form t portions so that breaking of a jar by encessive channeled part 3 which opens out at the front. pressure applied to the l members 15 P Upper and lower sheets 4 of rubber or the like Ventedare fastened to the base plate 1 to prevent a jar It will also be Seen that by the formation of slipping on t base of t device or the device the teeth 16 of the rack bar, said bar will auto- 35 slipping on a table top or other supporting surmatically lock the two jaw members in adjusted face. The jaw m mb s are shown t A and each position as the handle parts of the jaw members member is formed of a fiat strip of spring metal we moved towardeach Othet due to t fact turned on edge, ith th rear end bent t that the handle part which is not pivoted to stantially u-sha e, as shown t 5 t the flat the rack bar will simply slide over the teeth bight 6 of the U-part contacting the inner face and then will be held by a tooth from movmg of the bight part of the channeled member 3 and w from other part The fiat with the extremity of the short and outer limb blght parts 6 W111 prevent the Jaw members from L passing the center of the device and by making 35 5: 53; g ig ig g g g s l 2 the gripping portions of the jaw members of the p p p g p shape shown, these jaw members will grip and ed to pass thmugh.any one of number of P hold jars of different sizes and of different shapes. of holes 9 formed 1n the upper and lower limbs It is thought from the foregoing description of the channeled part Thus by providing a that the advantages and novel features of the number of these holes 9, the two jaw members invention W111 be readily apparent, 50 may be adjusted toward or away from each other. It is to be understood th t changes may be The intermediate a of each jaw member is made in the construction and in the combinab u d y i p as shown at 0, a d tion and arrangement of the several parts, prothe inner face of this V-shaped part has a lining vided that such changes fall within the scope of 11 of rubber or the like, this lining extending the appended claims. 55

shaped part at the upper end of the upright; a

pair of jaw members, each having an outwardly extending U-shaped portion at one end thereof fitting in the channel, the outer limb beingshort,

means for pivoting the extremity of the said short and outer limb of each U-shaped portion in the channel with the bight of the U-shaped portion resting against the rear wall of the channel, and

means for adjusting the pivotal points of the two jaw members toward-and away from each other.

3. A device of the class described comprising a base, an upright at one end thereof, a channelshaped member at the upper end of the upright, a pair of jaw members formed or" spring material and of elongated form and each having one end bent outwardly into substantially U-shape with a straight bight for abutting the rear wall of the channel, the outer limb of each Ugshaped part being short, a row of holes formed in each of the upper and lower parts of the channel adjacent the front edges thereof; the short outer limb of each U-shaped part being shaped to form an eye, a pivot pin passing through said eye and through a pair of the holes, the intermediate part of each jaw member being bent outwardly into -sh'ape, a resilient strip fastened to the inner face of the V shaped part and extending over parts of the straight portions, a rack bar pivoted tothe outer part of one jaw member and having its tee'tlr'adapted to engage the outer part of the other jaw member, said teeth having outer walls be-velinjg downwardly and inwardly and having theirinn'er walls. straight.

WILLIAM ARTHUR POTTER. 

